EPILOGUE. HEGIO, CRATINUS, CRITO: Magistrates sitting with papers and Police Reports lying on the table. Cri. Sectio D. numerus viginti quinque-Satelles Dignus qui partes Centurionis agat. H. Strenuus iste creat sine fine negotia nobis ; Id scio. Cri. At inspector Phormio noster abest. Noise behind the scenes.-Enter PHORMIO as an Inspector dragged on by DEMIPHO. Miror D. Ain custos es? at alguazil, inquisitor, Et credo, janissarius es profugus! Mene magistratu coram, tu furcifer? immo Te sistam, atque aderit jure Cratinus. Crat. Adest. D. Est ubi te ulciscar probe, et in nervom-Cri. Obsecro, comem In quo, luce magis clarum, patet omne legenti Ergo incredibile est. D. Sceleratus is ostia fregit Invito me, inquam; dic mihi, lege licet? Crat. to P. Rem narra. P. Hunc hodie statuebam visere. D. visas ! P. Quo melius norim teque, domumque tuam: Nil aliud. D. Secreta domus tu! H. Te pudet horum? Fama bona est―nil cuiquam debeo-solvo tributa, Et semper Quid porro cum cive rei est tibi? H. Cognitionem P. Immo. H. Prome librum. P. (Showing instructions and pointing to rule.) Reverentia vestra notabit Sic descriptum. Cri. Illi tuque modestus eras? P. Sanè. Crat. Nil præter licitum hic fecisse videtur; D. Sic agitis? neque jam propria inviolatus in arce Ne detrimenti quid corpore, sive crumena D. Ista omnis pereat nova Codificatio! cur non Atque foris vives. D. Tutum me hæc dextera semper Non somno excutiere. D. Odi alta silentia noctis ; Cri. Ludis nos-nullo quin tanta parata labore P. Distrahor hinc illinc, sed me magis omnibus unum Crat. Credibile-omnibus illa patet. P. Vah! callide, et intus P. Res plana est, istas attentius observabo. Amoveo plateis noxia cuncta procul. D. Teipsum ergo amoveas. P. Quicunque cigaria sugit, Sub dio haud cuiquam Septem in Dialibus est fas P. Nec minus externis: heus! introduce Chabertum. Enter DORIO as CHABERT, the Fire King, in charge of Policeman, Division D. No. 25. Extraxi furno hunc: vah! prope tostus erat: Quin sua inhumane vertens in viscera virus, Mille venena bibit. (Officer) Mille venena vomit. Crat. Horribile! P. Ardens plumbum, oleumque, et phosphorus intus. D. Chelseiensis aqua his omnibus antidoton. H. Fac mergatur. Dor. Eho! an non me jugulem, aut suspen dam, Quæso, aut præcipitem fas, nisi pace tua? Cri. Desine: quid jam actum est cum furibus, O bone? P. abac tum est Id genus omne. Niger, Leno, Corinthiacus, Evasere omnes: age, Rufi Regis ab aula Templi usque ad claustrum progrediare velim : Nemo (ita me Di conservent!) occurret, opinor, Qui tibi non fuerit vir probus atque pius. Crat. Quo fugiunt miseri? P. Templares inter asylum, Enter CHREMES to PHORMIO. Ch. Obsecro, tu miles civibus affer opem. Collecti fures tota erupere Suburra, Prætor et a tergo civicus ipse premit. Clamant quæstum abreptum, et "compensatio fiat!" Instruito turmas-reliqua hic curabo. D. Manentem To the Audience. Vos moneam paucis. Audistis, nuntius iste THE FAMILY CLASSICAL LIBRARY, Vol. I. DEMOSTHENES. Price 4s. 6d. small 8vo., published Monthly; containing ENGLISH TRANSLATIONS of the most valuable GREEK and LATIN CLASSICS. To be edited by A. J. VALPY, M. A. London: Colburn and Bentley. 1830. F Or the translation of Demosthenes presented to us in the first volume of this Miscellany it is unnecessary to speak; it is undoubtedly most ably and classically executed: but it may become us to offer a few brief remarks on the Family Classical Library' as a Series. It is, in our opinion, calculated to assist even good scholars, and to improve those who are unable or unwilling to acquire an intimacy with those authors in the original language, which should be read by all who wish to be considered well-informed, if not well-educated,-authors whose works are justly said 'to abound with brilliant examples of acute reasoning, moral and political reflection, and numerous facts in history and science, from the study of which all classes of the reading community may derive advantage, and a know lege of which cannot fail to make the reader both wiser and better.' It will be readily admitted, that even a great portion of those, who pass through a first-rate education both at school and college, have not sufficient time to become thoroughly acquainted with the best and most popular classic authors during the period usually devoted to academic education. 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In France and Russia, where translations of the Classics are now in course of publication, their utility has been duly appreciated; and we venture to predict that the appearance of the first volume of Mr. Valpy's Family Classical Library' will fully realise the expectations of the publisher.. The second volume, which will appear on the first of February, will contain the completion of the works of Demosthenes, and the whole of Sallust, and will be enriched by highlyfinished engravings of both those Authors. The price of the series places it within the reach of most persons; the style and execution of the work will strongly recommend it to all; and the permanency of character which it assumes will doubtless establish its claim to admission into every library. This is not merely an annual-it is an exotic, rendered indigenous to our soil-an evergreen, from which succeeding generations may gather instruction and amusement. 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